Introduction
Pontotoc County vs. Mississippi
Pontotoc County:
2022 TPI = $1,301,767K
2022 Percent of State = 0.95%
Mississippi:
2022 TPI = $136,330,235K
2022 Percent of U.S. = 0.62%
The annual total personal incomes (TPI) estimates compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, (BEA) are among the most comprehensive, consistent, comparable and timely measures of economic activity available statewide and at the national levels. Personal income estimates are also the best available local level indicator of general purchasing power, and are therefore central to tracking and comparing county patterns of economic growth and change.
The following graphs highlight trends in the pattern of growth and change in the total personal income of Pontotoc County and Mississippi with comparison to the nation. The data used are those compiled by the Regional Income and Product Divisions of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce. The 2017 constant dollar (real) estimates of total personal income reported in the tables and portrayed graphically below are determined using the Implicit Price Deflator for Personal Consumption.
Data Definition:
Personal income is the income received by persons from participation in production, plus transfer receipts from government and business, plus government interest (which is treated like a transfer receipt). It is defined as the sum of wages and salaries, supplements to wages and salaries, proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment, personal dividend income, personal interest income, and personal current transfer receipts, less contributions for government social insurance. Because the personal income of an area represents the income that is received by, or on behalf of, all the persons who live in that area, and because the estimates of some components of personal income (wages and salaries, supplements to wages and salaries, and contributions for government social insurance) are made on a place-of-work basis, state personal income includes an adjustment for residence. The residence adjustment represents the net flow of compensation (less contributions for government social insurance) of interstate commuters.
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Pontotoc County Total Personal Income, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars (Millions)
Pontotoc County Total Personal Income, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars (Millions)
Figure 1.
Figure 1 depicts Pontotoc County's annual total personal income over 1970-2022 in current and constant (2017) dollars. Constant dollar measurements remove the effects of inflation. They allow for comparison of changes in the real purchasing power of Pontotoc County over time.
When measured in current dollars, Pontotoc County's total personal income increased 3,143.63%, from $40M in 1970 to $1,302M in 2022. When measured in constant 2017 dollars to adjust for inflation, it advanced 452.50%, from $203M in 1970 to $1,122M in 2022.
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Real Total Personal Income, 1969-2022 (Millions)
Real Total Personal Income, 1969-2022 (Millions)
Figure 2.
Figure 2 traces Pontotoc County's and Mississippi's annual real total personal income for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate real total personal income patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Pontotoc County's real total personal income rose from $192M in 1969 to $1,122M in 2022, for a net gain of $930M, or 484.29%. In comparison, Mississippi's real total personal income advanced from $29,342M in 1969 to $117,483M in 2022, for a net gain of $88,140M, or 300.39%.
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Real Total Personal Income Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Real Total Personal Income Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 shows Pontotoc County's real total personal income growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Mississippi, the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's real total personal income in 1969 as a base figure of 100, and the real total personal incomes in later years as a percentage of the 1969 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in real total personal income growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
Pontotoc County's overall real total personal income growth was 484.29% over 1969-2022 outpaced Mississippi's increase of 300.39%, and topped the United States' increase of 348.76%.
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Total Personal Income as a Percent of the Mississippi Total: 1969-2022
Total Personal Income as a Percent of the Mississippi Total: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Another interesting and insightful way of comparing the total personal income growth of Pontotoc County is to trace its individual percentage contributions to Mississippi's statewide total personal income over time, as shown in Figure 4. A rising share means a region's total personal income grew faster, or declined less, than Mississippi's total personal income, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly.
In 1969, Pontotoc County's total personal income comprised 0.65% of Mississippi's total personal income, while in 2022 it totaled 0.95% thereby yielding a +0.30% share-shift.
   
 
Total Personal Income Share-Shift
2022 vs. 1969
 
Share-
Shift*
 
2022
vs.
1969
+0.30%
=
0.95%
-
0.65%
 
   
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Pontotoc County Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Pontotoc County Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 highlights the short-run pattern of Pontotoc County's real total personal income growth by tracking the year-to-year percent change over 1970-2022. The average annual percent change for the entire 53-year period is also traced on this chart to provide a benchmark for gauging periods of relative high--and relative low--growth against the backdrop of the long-term average.
On average, Pontotoc County's real total personal income grew at an annual rate of 3.48% over 1970-2022. The county recorded its highest growth in 1972 (17.82%) and posted its lowest growth in 2022 (-8.23%). In 2022, Pontotoc County's real total personal income declined by -8.23%
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Pontotoc County Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Pontotoc County Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Figure 6.
Over the past five decades some counties have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 6 again illustrates the annual percent change in Pontotoc County's real total personal income since 1970, but this time they are overlayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, Pontotoc County's annual real total personal income growth rate averaged 6.67%. It averaged 2.57% during the 1980s, 3.90% throughout the 1990s, 2.58% throughout the 2000s, 2.04% throughout the 2010s, 2.29% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
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Real Total Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Real Total Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 7.
Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for Pontotoc County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Mississippi and the nation. As the chart reveals, Pontotoc County's average annual real total personal income growth led Mississippi's average during the 1970s (6.67% vs. 4.95%), outperformed Mississippi's average throughout the 1980s (2.57% vs. 1.91%), exceeded Mississippi's average in the 1990s (3.90% vs. 3.60%), outpaced Mississippi's average during the 2000s (2.58% vs. 2.17%), exceeded Mississippi's average throughout the 2010s (2.04% vs. 1.11%), and surpassed Mississippi's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (2.29% vs. 1.70%).
Finally, relative to nationwide real total personal income growth trends, Pontotoc County led the nation throughout the 1970s (6.67% vs. 3.50%), fell below the nation over the 1980s (2.57% vs. 3.16%), surpassed the nation over the 1990s (3.90% vs. 3.27%), recorded above the nation over the 2000s (2.58% vs. 2.06%), posted below the nation throughout the 2010s (2.04% vs. 2.72%), and outgained the nation over 2020-2022 (2.29% vs. 2.10%).
   
 
Real* Total Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
3.48
6.67
2.57
3.90
2.58
2.04
2.29
-8.23
 
2.69
4.95
1.91
3.60
2.17
1.11
1.70
-6.79
 
2.89
3.50
3.16
3.27
2.06
2.72
2.10
-4.19
 
   
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Pontotoc County:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
36,254
0.189
191,993
100.0
N
0.65
1970
 
40,133
0.198
203,041
105.8
5.75
0.66
1971
 
47,598
0.206
231,002
120.3
13.77
0.71
1972
 
57,995
0.213
272,175
141.8
17.82
0.76
1973
 
66,847
0.225
297,693
155.1
9.38
0.76
1974
 
71,315
0.248
287,642
149.8
-3.38
0.74
1975
 
74,037
0.269
275,640
143.6
-4.17
0.71
1976
 
89,707
0.283
316,617
164.9
14.87
0.76
1977
 
99,529
0.302
329,828
171.8
4.17
0.75
1978
 
109,902
0.323
340,507
177.4
3.24
0.75
1979
 
125,926
0.351
358,325
186.6
5.23
0.76
1980
 
134,062
0.389
344,385
179.4
-3.89
0.74
1981
 
151,309
0.424
356,735
185.8
3.59
0.74
1982
 
156,186
0.448
348,855
181.7
-2.21
0.73
1983
 
164,356
0.467
352,121
183.4
0.94
0.73
1984
 
183,290
0.484
378,393
197.1
7.46
0.75
1985
 
195,852
0.501
390,704
203.5
3.25
0.76
1986
 
203,049
0.512
396,433
206.5
1.47
0.76
1987
 
225,279
0.528
426,649
222.2
7.62
0.80
1988
 
246,537
0.549
449,352
234.0
5.32
0.81
1989
 
262,730
0.573
458,829
239.0
2.11
0.80
1990
 
278,496
0.598
465,907
242.7
1.54
0.81
1991
 
291,499
0.618
471,880
245.8
1.28
0.80
1992
 
323,965
0.634
510,825
266.1
8.25
0.83
1993
 
342,329
0.650
526,660
274.3
3.10
0.82
1994
 
365,889
0.664
551,403
287.2
4.70
0.81
1995
 
381,623
0.678
563,248
293.4
2.15
0.80
1996
 
399,852
0.692
577,796
300.9
2.58
0.79
1997
 
419,131
0.704
595,297
310.1
3.03
0.79
1998
 
445,281
0.710
627,448
326.8
5.40
0.79
1999
 
483,271
0.720
671,200
349.6
6.97
0.83
2000
 
506,856
0.738
686,592
357.6
2.29
0.82
2001
 
540,615
0.753
717,929
373.9
4.56
0.83
2002
 
569,348
0.763
746,285
388.7
3.95
0.86
2003
 
599,749
0.779
769,955
401.0
3.17
0.87
2004
 
642,705
0.798
805,122
419.4
4.57
0.88
2005
 
676,707
0.821
823,976
429.2
2.34
0.87
2006
 
703,982
0.844
833,707
434.2
1.18
0.87
2007
 
728,912
0.866
841,632
438.4
0.95
0.85
2008
 
763,344
0.892
856,055
445.9
1.71
0.84
2009
 
769,116
0.889
864,943
450.5
1.04
0.86
2010
 
802,900
0.905
887,045
462.0
2.56
0.87
2011
 
866,432
0.928
933,615
486.3
5.25
0.90
2012
 
889,614
0.945
941,052
490.1
0.80
0.89
2013
 
888,224
0.958
927,349
483.0
-1.46
0.88
2014
 
899,031
0.971
925,681
482.1
-0.18
0.87
2015
 
943,151
0.973
969,333
504.9
4.72
0.90
2016
 
981,955
0.983
999,100
520.4
3.07
0.92
2017
 
1,008,016
1.000
1,008,016
525.0
0.89
0.92
2018
 
1,043,716
1.020
1,022,780
532.7
1.46
0.93
2019
 
1,093,951
1.035
1,056,825
550.5
3.33
0.94
2020
 
1,203,414
1.046
1,150,107
599.0
8.83
0.96
2021
 
1,332,420
1.090
1,222,392
636.7
6.29
0.97
2022
 
1,301,767
1.160
1,121,797
584.3
-8.23
0.95
Source: Calculations by the Mississippi Regional Economic Analysis Project (MS-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_300_PSN
 
   
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Mississippi:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
5,540,675
0.189
29,342,133
100.0
N
0.70
1970
 
6,077,002
0.198
30,744,723
104.8
4.78
0.71
1971
 
6,737,073
0.206
32,696,302
111.4
6.35
0.73
1972
 
7,677,404
0.213
36,030,618
122.8
10.20
0.76
1973
 
8,779,039
0.225
39,096,143
133.2
8.51
0.77
1974
 
9,648,091
0.248
38,914,577
132.6
-0.46
0.78
1975
 
10,462,842
0.269
38,953,246
132.8
0.10
0.77
1976
 
11,877,611
0.283
41,921,473
142.9
7.62
0.79
1977
 
13,222,207
0.302
43,816,964
149.3
4.52
0.80
1978
 
14,721,611
0.323
45,611,634
155.4
4.10
0.79
1979
 
16,636,703
0.351
47,340,019
161.3
3.79
0.80
1980
 
18,102,701
0.389
46,503,034
158.5
-1.77
0.78
1981
 
20,328,860
0.424
47,928,469
163.3
3.07
0.78
1982
 
21,461,818
0.448
47,936,874
163.4
0.02
0.77
1983
 
22,457,971
0.467
48,114,601
164.0
0.37
0.76
1984
 
24,513,876
0.484
50,607,725
172.5
5.18
0.75
1985
 
25,814,984
0.501
51,498,133
175.5
1.76
0.74
1986
 
26,776,347
0.512
52,278,153
178.2
1.51
0.72
1987
 
28,256,068
0.528
53,513,253
182.4
2.36
0.72
1988
 
30,286,055
0.549
55,201,048
188.1
3.15
0.71
1989
 
32,710,737
0.573
57,125,682
194.7
3.49
0.71
1990
 
34,436,460
0.598
57,610,138
196.3
0.85
0.70
1991
 
36,310,810
0.618
58,780,085
200.3
2.03
0.72
1992
 
39,042,558
0.634
61,561,902
209.8
4.73
0.72
1993
 
41,568,620
0.650
63,951,723
218.0
3.88
0.74
1994
 
44,969,477
0.664
67,770,024
231.0
5.97
0.76
1995
 
47,565,152
0.678
70,202,722
239.3
3.59
0.76
1996
 
50,455,345
0.692
72,909,187
248.5
3.86
0.76
1997
 
53,370,558
0.704
75,802,914
258.3
3.97
0.76
1998
 
56,581,064
0.710
79,728,696
271.7
5.18
0.75
1999
 
58,494,432
0.720
81,241,138
276.9
1.90
0.73
2000
 
61,604,859
0.738
83,450,542
284.4
2.72
0.71
2001
 
65,064,052
0.753
86,404,149
294.5
3.54
0.72
2002
 
66,326,193
0.763
86,938,424
296.3
0.62
0.73
2003
 
69,011,943
0.779
88,597,251
301.9
1.91
0.73
2004
 
73,054,919
0.798
91,516,553
311.9
3.30
0.73
2005
 
77,634,967
0.821
94,530,382
322.2
3.29
0.74
2006
 
80,835,682
0.844
95,731,504
326.3
1.27
0.72
2007
 
86,186,957
0.866
99,515,001
339.2
3.95
0.72
2008
 
90,602,512
0.892
101,606,495
346.3
2.10
0.73
2009
 
89,414,013
0.889
100,554,439
342.7
-1.04
0.74
2010
 
92,714,361
0.905
102,430,962
349.1
1.87
0.74
2011
 
96,643,444
0.928
104,137,154
354.9
1.67
0.73
2012
 
99,732,847
0.945
105,499,447
359.5
1.31
0.72
2013
 
101,472,085
0.958
105,941,768
361.1
0.42
0.72
2014
 
103,442,732
0.971
106,509,130
363.0
0.54
0.70
2015
 
104,772,168
0.973
107,680,622
367.0
1.10
0.68
2016
 
106,355,488
0.983
108,212,413
368.8
0.49
0.67
2017
 
109,132,813
1.000
109,132,813
371.9
0.85
0.66
2018
 
111,917,844
1.020
109,672,841
373.8
0.49
0.64
2019
 
116,256,330
1.035
112,310,850
382.8
2.41
0.63
2020
 
125,760,516
1.046
120,189,722
409.6
7.02
0.64
2021
 
137,381,666
1.090
126,037,069
429.5
4.87
0.64
2022
 
136,330,235
1.160
117,482,515
400.4
-6.79
0.62
Source: Calculations by the Mississippi Regional Economic Analysis Project (MS-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_300_PSN
 
   
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United States:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
791,229,000
0.189
4,190,165,758
100.0
N
1970
 
855,525,000
0.198
4,328,265,709
103.3
3.30
1971
 
924,613,000
0.206
4,487,323,465
107.1
3.67
1972
 
1,016,408,000
0.213
4,770,076,966
113.8
6.30
1973
 
1,133,468,000
0.225
5,047,731,018
120.5
5.82
1974
 
1,244,912,000
0.248
5,021,223,733
119.8
-0.53
1975
 
1,362,505,000
0.269
5,072,617,275
121.1
1.02
1976
 
1,495,704,000
0.283
5,279,017,400
126.0
4.07
1977
 
1,651,632,000
0.302
5,473,329,799
130.6
3.68
1978
 
1,855,849,000
0.323
5,749,934,936
137.2
5.05
1979
 
2,073,296,000
0.351
5,899,598,782
140.8
2.60
1980
 
2,313,972,000
0.389
5,944,235,512
141.9
0.76
1981
 
2,590,995,000
0.424
6,108,676,176
145.8
2.77
1982
 
2,777,640,000
0.448
6,204,105,336
148.1
1.56
1983
 
2,969,333,000
0.467
6,361,584,112
151.8
2.54
1984
 
3,275,415,000
0.484
6,761,937,695
161.4
6.29
1985
 
3,508,482,000
0.501
6,999,046,441
167.0
3.51
1986
 
3,717,756,000
0.512
7,258,548,586
173.2
3.71
1987
 
3,931,800,000
0.528
7,446,308,852
177.7
2.59
1988
 
4,264,433,000
0.549
7,772,592,728
185.5
4.38
1989
 
4,605,107,000
0.573
8,042,309,775
191.9
3.47
1990
 
4,897,332,000
0.598
8,192,943,538
195.5
1.87
1991
 
5,072,291,000
0.618
8,211,045,100
196.0
0.22
1992
 
5,406,546,000
0.634
8,524,985,809
203.5
3.82
1993
 
5,643,648,000
0.650
8,682,535,385
207.2
1.85
1994
 
5,933,938,000
0.664
8,942,579,420
213.4
3.00
1995
 
6,278,125,000
0.678
9,266,058,093
221.1
3.62
1996
 
6,660,854,000
0.692
9,625,094,288
229.7
3.87
1997
 
7,068,422,000
0.704
10,039,373,926
239.6
4.30
1998
 
7,584,003,000
0.710
10,686,661,406
255.0
6.45
1999
 
7,978,449,000
0.720
11,081,025,264
264.5
3.69
2000
 
8,620,234,000
0.738
11,677,052,911
278.7
5.38
2001
 
8,990,104,000
0.753
11,938,732,039
284.9
2.24
2002
 
9,146,700,000
0.763
11,989,225,466
286.1
0.42
2003
 
9,474,684,000
0.779
12,163,560,736
290.3
1.45
2004
 
10,008,929,000
0.798
12,538,275,270
299.2
3.08
2005
 
10,540,800,000
0.821
12,834,755,927
306.3
2.36
2006
 
11,291,446,000
0.844
13,372,153,008
319.1
4.19
2007
 
11,925,044,000
0.866
13,769,145,681
328.6
2.97
2008
 
12,423,410,000
0.892
13,932,275,429
332.5
1.18
2009
 
12,058,253,000
0.889
13,560,635,845
323.6
-2.67
2010
 
12,547,501,000
0.905
13,862,497,514
330.8
2.23
2011
 
13,299,818,000
0.928
14,331,082,712
342.0
3.38
2012
 
13,905,749,000
0.945
14,709,785,897
351.1
2.64
2013
 
14,063,283,000
0.958
14,682,748,144
350.4
-0.18
2014
 
14,778,160,000
0.971
15,216,235,418
363.1
3.63
2015
 
15,467,113,000
0.973
15,896,476,839
379.4
4.47
2016
 
15,884,741,000
0.983
16,162,082,333
385.7
1.67
2017
 
16,658,962,000
1.000
16,658,962,000
397.6
3.07
2018
 
17,514,402,000
1.020
17,163,073,878
409.6
3.03
2019
 
18,343,601,000
1.035
17,721,060,157
422.9
3.25
2020
 
19,609,985,000
1.046
18,741,324,605
447.3
5.76
2021
 
21,392,812,000
1.090
19,626,252,970
468.4
4.72
2022
 
21,820,248,000
1.160
18,803,588,325
448.8
-4.19
Source: Calculations by the Mississippi Regional Economic Analysis Project (MS-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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